Container for carbon paper



June 27, 1967 c. D. SHOFT CONTAINER FOR CARBON PAPER Filed Feb. 11, 1965 INVENTOR. CHARLES D.SHORT ATTO EY United States Patent M 3,327,386 CONTAINER FOR CARBUN PAPER Charles D. Short, Rochester, N.Y., assignor, by mesue assignments, to Kee Lox Manufacturing Company, Rochester, N.Y., a corporation of Pennsylvania Filed Feb. 11, 1965, Ser. No. 431,848 3 (llaims. ((Il. 220-61) The present invention relates to containers, and particularly to containers for carbon paper.

Carbon paper has been packaged in various types of cardboard boxes or containers. In many instances, the cover is hinged to the base portion by a strip which is glued to the cover along one outside marginal wall of the of the cover and to the base portion along the adjoining portion of the underface of the base portion. Thus, the cover may be hingedly connected to the base portion of the box by a strip of paper glued to the outside of a longitudinal wall of the cover and to the adjoining underface portion of the base. In some instances, however, part of the cover portion is hingedly connected as for instance along a transverse score line to the remainder of the cover portion so that the hinged portion of the cover can be pivoted back onto the remainder of the cover to give access to the carbon paper within the box. In other instances, though, the cover is made in the form of a hollow sleeve of rectangular shape in cross section and the base, which contains the paper, is correspondingly shaped to slide in and out of the sleeve-like cover. Boxes for holding carbon paper are made in still other forms also.

There are many devices also on the market for holding a paper behind or alongside a typewriter in position for a typist to read so as to be able to copy material therefrom onto the paper being typed. These are usually cumbersome to set up, must be removed when the typewriter is folded into a desk, must be put into position again when they are to be used, and usually require an additional operation to be performed by the typist after each line has been typed. As a result they are frequently not used, and the typist simply places the material, which is to be copied, flat on her desk alongside of her typewriter so that she can read it as she types, and copy therefrom.

One object of the present invention is to provide a box or container for carbon paper which can readily be opened for access to the paper.

Another object of the invention is to provide a box or container for carbon paper, which can also serve for holding in place, to be read easily, a paper from which matter is to be copied.

Other objects of the invention Will be apparent here- I inafter from the specification and from the recital of the appended claims, particularly when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a box or container made according to one embodiment of this invention, the box or container being shown in closed position;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view showing the box opened for access to the carbon paper, and showing how a letter, for instance, which is to be copied, can be held erect on the inside of the cover of the box in position to be read readily by the typist as she copies the same on her typewriter;

FIG. 3 is a section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows; and

FIG. 4 is a section on enlarged scale taken on the line 4-4 of FIG. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawing by numerals of reference, ltl denotes the box as a whole; and 11 designates the cover portion, and 12 denotes the base portion of the box. The

3,327,886 Patented June 27, 1967 cover is generally rectangular in shape. It has a flat top surface 14, depending longitudinal marginal side walls 15 and 15 and depending marginal front and rear walls 16 and 16'.

The base section 12 is also rectangular in shape but slightly smaller in area than the area of the cover section [1 so that it telescopes within the cover portion when the box is closed. It has a flat bottom 18, upwardly extending, parallel, longitudinal, marginal side walls 19 and 19' and upwardly extending, parallel, marginal front and rear walls Zll and 20'.

The cover section 11 is hingedly connected adjacent its rear end to the bottom section 12 adjacent the rear end thereof. For this purpose the side wall or flange 15 of the coveris riveted preferably by a grommet, to the side wall 19 of the base adjacent the rear ends of these Walls; and the side wall 15' of the cover is riveted, preferably by a grommet, to the side wall 19' of the base adjacent the rear of these walls. The grommets are denoted at 22 and 22', respectively, and are so placed that when the cover is opened, the corner 24, formed at the juncture of the bottom surface 18 of the base portion and the rear wall 21) of the base portion, will engage the inside of the top 14 of the cover portion, as shown in FIG. 4, so that the cover portion, when open, will be inclined slightly rearwardly.

Riveted or otherwise secured, as by a grommet 25, to the top wall 14 of the cover portion is a flexible clip or strap 26, which, as shown in FIG. 2 is trianglar in shape, and may be made of plastic, and which is provided to hold a letter or other material, which is to be copied by the typist, in position so that she can readily read and transscribe the same as she types. The paper or other sheet to be held is simply slipped under the free apical end of the clip 26 and is held there by the resilience of the clip. The grommets 22, 22 are so disposed in the side walls 15, 19 and 15', 19' that, as stated, the top 11, when opened, may be inclined slightly rearwardly from the rear to front as indicated in FIG. 4, better to dispose the papers P held by the clip to be read by the typist as he or she types a copy of the same.

The grommet-type rivets 22, 22' clamp the juxtaposed side walls of the cover and base portions of the box together so that the cover will be held frictionally in any position to which it is opened. It will not tend to fall down as would be the case were the cover hingedly connected to the base portion merely by a paper hinge. This is an important feature of the invention for the cover is held by the grommets with sufiicient rigidity when opened to the position shown in FIG. 4 that there is no danger of its collapsing and closing; and the typist can use it for holding a paper, which is to be copied, with the same confidence and assurance that she could give to a copy holder built strictly for that purpose.

From the preceding, it will be seen that not only has a carbon paper container been provided; but this container may be used in place of a copy holder for holding sheets of paper or other material from Which a copy is to be typed. The container of this invention, therefore, serves a double purpose, not only to hold carbon paper ready at hand for use by the typist, but to hold any letter or other material of which the typist desires to make a cop, in a readily-readable position. The container of this invention, thus, constitutes a great convenience to a typist. Moreover, it not only provides a readily accessible supply of carbon paper, but a light, simple, economical copy holder, which does not entail any trouble or difiiculty in erecting for use, or in disposing of when the day is done and the typewriter is to be put away in the typists desk.

While the invention has been described in connection with a specific embodiment thereof, it will be understood that is is capable of further modification, and this ap- 3 plication is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which the invention pertains and as may be applied to the essential features hereinbefore set forth, and as fall within the scope of the invention or the limits of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: l. A combination container for carbon paper and holder for a sheet, which is to be copied by a typist, comprising a cover portion, and a base portion, each portion having parallel front and rear walls and parallel side walls, the walls of said cover portion fitting over and enclosing the walls of said base portion when said container is closed, and

axially-aligned rivets hingedly securing the juxtaposed side walls of the cover and base portions together,

said rivets being disposed near the rear ends of said side walls so that said cover portion may be opened by hinging said cover portion about the axis of said rivets,

said base portion being adapted to hold a supply of carbon paper, and

gripping means secured to the inside of said cover portion adjacent the front thereof for holding, when said cover portion is open, a sheet to be copied by the typist, said rivets being disposed a substantial disstance above the bottom of said base portion and below the top of said cover portion to permit opening said cover portion to an approximately erect position relative to said base portion to hold the sheet, which is to be copied, in position to be read easily by the typist.

2. A combination container and holder, as claimed in 4 claim 1, wherein said rivets are disposed in spaced relation to but near the rear wall of said base portion and in spaced relation to and below the top of said cover portion so that the corner formed at the juncture of the bottom and rear wall of said base portion acts by engagement with the top of said cover portion as a stop to limit the opening hinging movement of said cover portion so that, when fully open, said cover portion will be inclined slightly rearwardly from its rear to its front.

3. A combination container for carbon paper and holder for a sheet which is to copied by a typist, comprising a base portion, and

a cover portion hingedly connected adjacent one end to one another,

said base portion comprising a bottom Wall, front and rear walls, and side walls,

said cover portion comprising a top wall, a front wall,

and side walls,

said base portion being adapted to hold a supply of carbon paper, and said cover portion being adapted to be hingedly closed over said base portion to enclose said supply, and

gripping means secured to the inside of the top wall of said cover portion for holding, when said cover portion is open, material, that is to be copied, in position to be read by the typist.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 910,753 1/1909 Weaver 20663 2,131,093 9/1938 Cage 22944 2,269,676 1/ 1942 McDonald 2.2944

THERON E. CONDON, Primary Examiner.

JAMES B. MARBERT, Examiner. 

1. A COMBINATION CONTAINER FOR CARBON PAPER AND HOLDER FOR A SHEET, WHICH IS TO BE COPIED BY A TYPIST, COMPRISING A COVER PORTION, AND A BASE PORTION, EACH PORTION HAVING PARALLEL FRONT AND REAR WALLS AND PARALLEL SIDE WALLS, THE WALLS OF SAID COVER PORTION FITTING OVER AND ENCLOSING THE WALLS OF SAID BASE PORTION WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS CLOSED, AND AXIALLY-ALIGNED RIVETS HINGEDLY SECURING THE JUXTAPOSED SIDE WALLS OF THE COVER AND BASE PORTIONS TOGETHER, SAID RIVETS BEING DISPOSED NEAR THE REAR ENDS OF SAID SIDE WALLS SO THAT SAID COVER PORTION MAY BE OPENED BY HINGING SAID COVER PORTION ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID RIVETS, SAID BASE PORTION BEING ADAPTED TO HOLD A SUPPLY OF CARBON PAPER, AND GRIPPING MEANS SECURED TO THE INSIDE OF SAID COVER PORTION ADJACENT THE FRONT THEREOF FOR HOLDING, WHEN SAID COVER PORTION IS OPEN, A SHEET TO BE COPIED BY THE TYPIST, SAID RIVETS BEING DISPOSED A SUBSTANTIAL DISSTANCE ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF SAID BASE PORTION AND BELOW THE TOP OF SAID COVER PORTION TO PERMIT OPENING SAID COVER PORTION TO AN APPROXIMATELY ERECT POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID BASE PORTION TO HOLD THE SHEET, WHICH IS TO BE COPIED, IN POSITION TO BE READ EASILY BY THE TYPIST. 